Since early February, thousands of specialty food products have been arriving at the Food Innovation Center (FIC) at Rutgers University in Bridgeton, NJ, in preparation for the Specialty Food Association’s “specialty outstanding food innovation” sofi™ Awards – the most prestigious competition in specialty foods. Due to the pandemic, the judging has been delayed, leaving a large […]
Cumberland County
Rutgers FIC, Specialty Food Association donate foods to local community
Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, NJAES
Rutgers Master Gardeners classes March 3 and 10
Sal Mangiafico – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Success Story: Making the Impossible, Possible: How EDA is Helping to Create New Innovations and Train the Food Industry Cluster to Maximize Business Growth
This originally appeared in the U.S. Economic Development Administration June 2019 newsletter. This past 4th of July, Americans had more meatless options for their barbecues – enter the “Impossible Burger.” This vegetable-based product that looks, feels, smells and tastes like a hamburger has attracted more than $700 million in funding from investors. It has currently […]
How the Impossible Burger got its remarkable start at Rutgers
Food for thought. The next time you’re grabbing a bite at any of the 150-plus restaurants in New Jersey alone that serve the meatless Impossible Burger, know that this disruptive delicacy came to life at Rutgers. Impossible Foods, the company responsible for this formulated faux-meat foodstuff, has generated plenty of hype. Celebrities including Serena Williams, Bill […]
ROI-NJ plates up first-ever ROI Influencers: Food & Beverage list
Peggy Brennan-Tonetta and Lou Cooperhouse, Rutgers Food Innovation Center
Gnocchi, reimagined: Wooller wants sexy things to happen on the pasta shelf: Stories from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center
Diane Holtaway, Rutgers Food Innovation Center
Rutgers Extension to discuss romaine lettuce
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers NJAES Team Releases New Varieties of Downy Mildew Resistant Sweet Basil
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station researchers have created four new varieties of sweet basil that are flavorful and resistant to disease, particularly to downy mildew, the plague of basil growers. Seeds for the new varieties – named Rutgers Obsession DMR, Rutgers Devotion DMR, Rutgers Passion DMR, and Rutgers Thunderstruck DMR – are now available […]
2018 New Jersey produce industry outlook
Wes Kline – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
